DMMMSU and DepEd-Mangaan Elementary School signed a Memorandum of Agreement for the College of Graduate Studies (CGS) Extension Program.

Three projects will be implemented under the said program. These are 1) Project SIBUG (Synthesizing and Integrating Environmental Awareness and Bio-Intensive Gardening Under Gulayan sa Paaralan), 2) Project BOOST (Bring Opportunities and Outcomes through Science and Technology), and 3) Project LEAD (Leaders Empowering and Advocating Sustainable Development).

The MOA signing was spearheaded by Dr. Jaime I. Manuel, Jr., DMMMSU President; Ms. Marilyn D. Respicio, School Head of Mangaan Elementary School; and Atty. Donato D. Balderas, Jr., Schools Division Superintendent, DepEd Division of La Union.

Through these extension projects, CGS will help establish and strengthen the Gulayan sa Paaralan Program and teachers’ research and leadership endeavors in Mangaan Elementary School.

Dr. Junifer Rey E. Tabafunda, DMMMSU-North La Union Campus Chancellor, is one of the proponents of Project LEAD. Meanwhile, Dr. Vicky A. Agpasa, the NLUC-CGS Dean, will work on Project BOOST. Dr. Violeta F. Collado, CGS Extension Program Leader, will be leading the project SIBUG. (Violeta F. Collado)